Gamblers' Habits: Empirical Evidence on the Behavior of Regulars, Newcomers and Dropouts

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 289-309

  Fiedler, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Gambling; Habits; Online; Poker

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GAMBLING; HABIT; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GAMBLING; HABITS; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878390474     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-012-9306-0     Document Type: Article

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